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I still haven't reached my personal goal yet since my reading score dropped this first MAP test. But I would still work hard to reach this goal. For Math and Science, I have reached this goal because whenever we have tests, my grade came out as M and E which is good enough. This means I haven't been off task studying for tests. As for LA and SS, there are no important vocabularies to remember, so I haven't met this goal yet. Lastly, Culinary Arts class, I believed that I have reached this goal since my engagement grade is now E. Here is my prove: Overall, I have two goals to try to reach: My personal goal and LA & SS.

This year's ETK is at Pranburi, near the beach. We stayed at a resort called Sweet Honey Resort. Actually, we have 12 roommates, but the room only has one bathroom, which is not enough. So, we get to stay in a house with four bathrooms. We stayed on the second floor while Mr.Witt and Ms.Vivian stayed downstairs. But I don't really like the house because whenever we walked, the vibration is really hard. I think it's because of how they build the house. Also, the toilet is always wet, it never gets dry and I don't like wet bathrooms. Additionally, the food there is not that good, but not that bad either. I enjoyed the porridge. And because the food is not that good, about 80% of the kids went back to their rooms to eat noodles, but I didn't, I actually enjoyed the food. The last night, we had a barbeque party. My friends were having a hard time grilling meat because they are not getting cooked, but the meat is almost burned. On the other hand, I was having a good time...

The past 2-3 weeks, we've been learning about themes, tone and mood, figurative language such as imagery. Also, we have been reading "The Giver" as a whole class. Themes are secretly said in the novels teaching life lessons for readers. While tone and mood affect the atmosphere and feelings when reading. Additionally, there are many types of figurative language, but we focused on imagery mostly. Imagery appeals to our five senses which are touch, taste, see, hear, and smell. Furthermore, we've been reading "The Giver" and start analyzing the story. Recently, we have finished reading chapter 12 when the main character, Jonas met the Giver .

We made fried rice this time. We start off by boiling rice in the pot. Our group's rice is a bit wet and sticky. While waiting for the rice to be cooked, we prepared and chopped onions, garlic, lime and broccoli for next class. We then put them all in the fridge. Additionally, we also have to make the fish sauce. We added fish sauce, lime, and chili to the sauce. The next class, we took the ingredients out and got tomatoes, cucumber, eggs, and one more lime for the day. Our first step is adding oil to the pan and waited till it's hot. After it's we then added the vegetables. Then, the rice and put in soy sauce, fish sauce, and oyster sauce to give it some flavors. After the veggies and rice are ready, move them to the side of the pan. Then crack the eggs and make sure they are cooked before mixing them with the rice. Place the fried rice on a plate and decorate them. Because our rice is wet and soggy, the fried rice turned out to be sticky and not that yummy.

These are my goals for the year.  Personal --> I wasn't able to start this goal yet since we didn't do the MAP TEST yet.  Math & Science --> I am starting not to be off task in class. I barely get off task right now.  LA & SS --> I am not able to complete this goal yet since we don't have a test for the vocabulary yet.  Electives --> I have completed this goal. I went back to check my engagement grade and it turned to M instead of P.

 We cooked our first main dish, pasta. The pasta sauce is made from tomatoes, onion, and garlic.  First, we have to add about 1/2 tablespoon of olive oil, then fry onion and garlic together. After the onion is turning a bit transparent then add the tomatoes. Also, add some salt, sugar, basil sweet, and parsley leaf so that the sauce won't taste bland. As a result in my group, the sauce came out really well. It's well seasoned and full of flavors from salt, sugar, basil sweet, and parsley leaf. Our group technique is to add a lot of basil sweet and parsley leaf. We found out that it gives the sauce very unique flavors so we add them a lot. Our friends turn out to like our pasta very much too.

The enlightenment was a time period after the Renaissance that focuses on humanism, reasons, and individualism during the 17th-19th century. The era was created by humanism in the Renaissance when people starts to fly away from supernatural beliefs. Another root of the period is the Protestant Reformation when people begin to question the teachings of the church, making both church and the government. Lastly, the scientific revolution that proved the church's teachings wrong with new discoveries.

1. What did YOU do well? I was able to cook the bread till it's fully cooked well enough. 2. What could YOU do better? While dumping the bread in the egg mixture, I broke the bread in half. I could hold the bread more softly so it wouldn't break. 3. What did your group do well? We divided up the work for each individual member of the group very well. 4. What could your group better? We could clean our station better during the process of cooking because we always clean our station after we finished everything. 5. If you were given a chance to re-make your french toast what would you want to do differently? I would like to make the egg that was mixed with other ingredients sweeter by adding more sugar because our toast came out a bit tasteless. If we make it sweeter, I believe our toast will taste better.  6. What was the texture like of your french toast? Is there anything you would want to change about the texture? Our french toast was soggy from absorbing th...

In culinary art class, we started off by learning how to make an omelette and scrambled eggs with vegetables. In culinary art class, we were divided into groups. My group includes Pat and Tanyong. The first time, our egg was yummy, but it's not fully cooked and we added too many vegetables that took away the egg taste. The second time, we can only choose three vegetables to cook with the egg. Our group chose mushrooms, onions, and tomatoes with cheese. First, we chopped vegetables and then cook them in orders, due to how long it would take to be cooked. We fry onions first, then mushrooms, and tomatoes. We seasoned our egg by adding a little bit of salt, pepper, and soy sauce. And because there are vegetables left, my group decided to make a special serving by frying them together with soy sauce. Overall, we did great but our omelette was not fully cooked which means it's a little bit watery. But the taste and its visual is great. We were complimented by the chefs a.k...

I did a presentation about William Harvey. For my project, I decided to make a poster. I was taught not put that many words on a presentation, so I drew his name really big with three big pictures. Some of my classmates, they used permanent markers to draw and write, while I print, cut and stick it on the board. I wanted to print/draw then stick is because I think we can reuse the board. I can pull off the pictures and letters then use the board again for another project. Also, I want to help decreasing global warming too. I believe this is one way I could help by reusing the boards. Additionally, I guess my poster is beautiful. I was very proud because my poster turned out to be pretty and also because I am helping to decrease global warming. 

From the mind map, I learned that there were many causes of the Protestant Reformation. The causes were because of King Henry VIII wants to divorce his wife but the pope said he can't. He doesn't agree with the pope so he decided to split up with the church and took control over England's church. Another cause is the 95 thesis from Martin Luther. Next, people learned how to read and the bible in latin was translated. Then make several copies for everyone. On the other hand, there are also other effects that followed. Europe was divided in half and wars.

T his week, we learned about different types of author's point of view in Language Arts. There are three types. The first one is the "first person", the first person is when a story is narrated by only one character at a time, using I/we. Third Person Limited is another type. It is when the author only knows how a character is thinking and feeling. Lastly, the third person omniscient. It is when the author or the narrator knows most of the characters' feelings and thoughts in the story.    F or Social Studies, we are still learning and doing activities about the reformation and we have to make a mind map. We practiced making a mind map by choosing a topic to make a mind map. I chose a topic about decreasing global warming. 

Personal: I would like to improve my map reading score.  Last year, my score was 228 and it was still the same as the beginning of the year which means I haven't really improved. This year, I want to make my score at least 230 or above. I will accomplish that by reading 20 minutes everyday like what the teachers had said. Math & Science: I would like to put more efforts in these two subjects. I found that they are also important as LA and SS. I will try to put more efforts in studying these two subjects when we have upcoming tests. I will try not to be off task while studying for tests because I get distracted easily. LA & SS: For both subjects,  I would like to make the vocabularies stuck in my mind. I will do that by practicing the vocabulary every week at night so that I will be able to remember it. Electives: Culinary Art From what I've seen in PowerSchool, my engagement grade is P. I want to improve my change my grade to at least an M. I don't feel pr...

L ast week in Language Arts class, we learned about the character's assertions. I learned that assertions are characters traits and evidence is an actual quote from the text to proof what we are saying. We also talked about how to find the direct and indirect characterizations that were mentioned in the text. The difference between direct and indirect are as follows: 1. Indirect characterizations are texts that were mentioned in the texts by the author to show things that reveal about the character.  ex: She went to clean the sink without being asked       This shows that the character is kind. 2. Direct characterizations are words that were mentioned directly in the text by the author, who wants to tell the reader about the character.  ex: The happy girl is looking at the food with sparkly eyes       This shows that the girl is happy.  Here is one my example using Kungfu Panda 3's Po, the panda.    ...

  This year's summer is great! On the first day of summer is the start of my vacation. My cousins came to visit us in Bangkok. For this year's summer, we decided to go to a beach called Pattaya. Then, we spent a few days shopping at the malls to buy things we need for the beach. We bought things such as t-shirts, shorts, sunglasses, flip flops, hats, and etc. Pattaya is not far at  all, it's only 2-3 hours drive from Bangkok. Guess what's the first thing we did after we arrived, we EAT! We had seafood and ice-cream for dessert. My favorite menu is Thailand's number one food, Tom Yum Koong soup. It is one of the most famous dishes in Thailand. After we eat, we drive to the resort. We did not really travel much in Pattaya because my grandma is sick so we just stay at the resort. But we also went  out to eat at different restaurants in Pattaya. We tried seafood, Italian food, and Indian food. They were all delicious, but I prefer Thai food. We stayed for 3 days and 2 n...

At the beginning of the year, I start of getting Ps and Ms. Later, I start getting more Es. Describe areas you have grown in and what you need to continue to target to be a stronger writer? Use the rubrics to help you form your responses. There are many areas that I have grown in. One of them from Language Arts is writing. In the past, I often get P and M. But now, we currently did an on-demand writing and I got What was your favorite independent reading book? Summarize what it’s about in 2-3 sentences. Why did you read that book? What type of reader would enjoy that book? Take a look at your NoRedInk profile. What grammar skills that you practiced were challenging? What skill do you feel more confident in applying to your writing now? What oral presentation or speech do you feel most proud of this year? (Crusade leader debate, competitive sports debate, young entrepreneur of the year debates, Shark Tank, Speak Out, Columbus Mock Trial, book talk) What helped you f...

PART A: Find pictures and videos to add to your blog. This should take no more than 10 minutes. Examples of pictures you might use include candid shots from the marketplace, speak out, or your work time during Phase I or II. 2. Examples of videos might be from the same locations, or you could include a link to your documentary or commercial. <-- here is our commercial PART B: Answer the following questions on your blog. When you are done answering the questions, publish your blog post. Think about the work and effort your team members have put into this project: What are some examples of what your classmates did that helped you learn? Please include at least three and elaborate (explain more) about how they helped. My teammates taught me many things. One of them is sewing. Our manager taught me how to sew by hand and I end up enjoying sewing a lot. Next, I learned how to use a sewing machine from Ms.B, our math teacher. It was challenging at ...

Today, you will take your sources and create a standardized work cited page using Easybib. After you submit this works cited page to google classroom, in a blog post, you will summarize the following (each bullet should be at least a paragraph): Using the graph below, plot a point in the quadrant that shows how motivated you were to work on your Shark Tank 7 project up until this point. Do the same for how motivated you were comparatively to work on the historical fiction narrative during quarter 3. Explain why you put each point where you did in the quadrants and why you were more or less interested or more or less motivated yourself to work on this project. The reason why I put the point for "highly interested in topic"  in the middle is because I wasn't really liking the idea of this topic, but later on when our product came out really good, it made me feel more happy. And for "highly motivated on my own to complete the project," yes, I have hi...

                                   There were 5 main languages that spread during the Age of Exploration. There were French, English, Chinese, Spanish, and Portuguese. French was originated in France and moved around to Africa and a little bit near the coast of North America. In Africa, French spread in countries like Madagascar, Namibia, Liberia, Sierre Leone, Nigeria, Benin, Gambia, and Kampala. Second, English was originated in England and it spreads through North America, some parts of Africa, and Australia. Next, Spanish was originated in Spain. It starts to spread to Mexico and the west of South America. Following is Portuguese. It spreads around the south part of Africa and central of South America. The reasons why their languages spread is because of establishing colonies and trade. They have to establish colonies because they did not have enough resources of materials they needed. So...

1. Did you tell a story or just report information? Our group did tell a story. Not just reporting information. Our story is about the Siege of Antioch (battle of Antioch) that happened during the first crusade. And we talked/act about how the crusaders got control of Antioch and got attacked in the end by the Muslim Turks. 2. What went well? Be specific. What went well is during writing the script. It was easy because we've learned about the battle from our research. So, it was pretty easy to write the script knowing all the events and characters in the battle. 3. What was challenging? How would you handle that challenge different now? Explain. The filming was the challenging part. On the first day, one of our members didn't come to school. So, we only filmed one scene. And I went crazy worrying that the project is due the next day (Thursday). But the I realized that we still have time. Because we don't have social studies the next day. And on Thursday, our missing ...

Here is my historical fiction narrative (diary) that I wrote. 1. What was enjoyable about writing your narrative? Be specific. Writing a historical fiction narrative is a new experience for me. So this is my first time writing it. I mostly enjoyed creating my own characters for my narrative. Creating a character was really fun. You can create their names, life story, and even their own appearances! I love that part the most. 2. What was challenging about writing your narrative? Be specific. Try to make my narrative sounds like the old days is challenging. We don't really know the language they used at that time and because the don't use the words like LOL, HAHA, or DIY, right? I was hard when I was trying to make it funny for the readers. So, I decided to use the normal words to make it sound a bit like the olden days. 3. Evaluate (describe) your experience as a historical fiction writer. If you had more time, what would you have liked to research further/c...

1. Describe the process for this artwork. (What did you do?) First of all, we had to choose one living thing and one object. I had chose a seashell and a beetle. And then I made a draft of how my object with change (metamorphosis) into another object I chose slowly. As you can see, I have five transformations of my object. I first drew the seashell and it starts changing in a beetle through the five transformations. After I finished drawing my final work, we can choose whether to color or shade. I chose to shade and it came out perfectly like the picture beside. 2. Explain what you did well? I think what I did well is on the step of shading, especially the second one. The second one is Ms.Pavla, my art teacher's favorite. And I guess, it must be because I put so much effort on that one and try to make the shading blend together perfectly. But I got lazy on the last three ones. 3. Explain what you can improve? I can improve on making sure that my transformations are in their...

1. Describe characteristics of different chemical reactions. (PS2.8A) You can see now, what happens to the chemical when it was mixed with other liquid like water, vinegar and etc. Matches: The chemical in matches is  potassium chlorate. Potassium chlorate is at the head of the match. When the match touches phosphorus and chlorate in a small amount, it will form something that can cause an explosion (fire) which is caused by friction. Acid-base reaction: This is what happens when the baking soda mixed with vinegar: it creates Co2 chemical (which is gas) . This is called "acid-base reaction". According to PH scale, the vinegar is acid and the baking soda is the base and when they are mixed together, it creates the chemical reaction or Co2. The chemical reaction is called "acid-base reaction." Color change: When Iodine mix with baking powder, the color changes to purple. It was white before. When the color changes, it is also called a che...